Improving app-iness
2011-06-03 11:30:18
Professor argues that China's rise is a result of advancements in science, consumerism and work ethic.
Chemical attraction
2011-06-03 11:15:28
Norwegian grandmother has better things to do than quietly skiing off into retirement.
Raise the red curtain
2011-06-03 08:13:52
China screens only 20 foreign films, mostly from the United States, in theaters every year, but even fewer Chinese films are allowed in US cinemas.
Part 2 of ‘romantic fantasy’ gets under way
2011-06-03 08:13:52
Chinese filmmakers generally tend to avoid supernatural subjects, as they are invariably put through greater scrutiny by the censors.
Naked truths can pack a punch or stoke the stork
2011-06-03 08:13:52
"Unconfirmed rumors" say actor Nicholas Tse allegedly took a swing at actor Edison Chen during a recent encounter among Chen, Tse and Tse's wife, actress Cecilia Cheung.
In the service of the gods
2011-06-02 08:02:28
Penpa is up at 6 am. Shivering in the icy morning winds in Lhasa, the 16-year-old lama cocoons himself in a baggy crimson sports sweater.
Massive renovations of temples bring TV to Jokhang
2011-06-02 08:02:28
The rhythmic tamping sounds accompanying the singing by workers stop worshippers and tourists flocking to Sera Monastery's Great Meeting Hall in northern Lhasa.
All that glitters is silver
2011-05-31 07:40:39
It's boom time for a small village of 1,200 families in Yunnan province, thanks to its skilled noble metal craftsmen.
In Brazil, revenge of the nannies
2011-05-29 08:00:51
In a decade working as a nanny, Andreia Soares finally joined Brazil's middle class.
Mixed marriages, with more acceptance
2011-05-29 08:00:25
For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo: publicly crossing the color line for love.
Banish the day, train the tyrants
2011-05-29 08:03:13
From age 1 to age 13 years and 364 days, the children of the world have been pulling a fast one over their parents since 1949, when Children's Day was officially introduced.